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Books selected and reviewed by Andrew Allentuck. Winning the Tax Game, 2002; A Year-Round Tax and Investment Guide for Canadians by Tim Cestnick Winning the Tax Game 2002 is easy to read and is by far the best of the Canadian tax guides. It's aimed at taxpayers above the lunch bucket level. Some tips are brilliant, such as the tax averaging and postponement possible with use of prescribed annuities. Other ideas are routine, e.g., claiming a spouse's dividends in order to increase the spousal tax credit. . Tax advice may not be bedside reading, but when it comes packaged with the intelligence and clarity Mr. Cestnick invests in it, almost anyone should be able to save money. Read the full review 201 Easy Ways to Reduce Your Taxes Year-Round by Evelyn Jacks Taxpayers should scan this book, read appropriate bits, save it and keep it on the shelf. But like Ms. Jacks' tax preparation manual, the book remains a reference for the person with fairly common issues. Read the full review Evelyn Jacks on Tax Savings by Evelyn Jacks For her middle of the pack readers, Ms. Jacks provides a good discussion of whether interest paid on a loan for a business or investment purpose is deductible from income. Read the full review How to Reduce the Tax You Pay by Deloitte & Touche How to Reduce the Tax You Pay is a great little book of tax strategies and filing tips by one of Canada's leading accounting firms. Annually revised, it is far from the most comprehensive guide, but it is one of the most accessible. The advice is sound, tips clear. Read the full review Venturing Offshore: A Guide to Offshore Investing for Canadians By Sunny Handa, Danielle Miller, Richard Smith International tax planning is getting to be both tougher and, perhaps, a dying art. Nevertheless, Venturing Offshore is a good, recent guide filled with much good sense. For the investors considering sending his money away to lands he may not know well, it's an essential guide. Read the full review